décade
French, noun/de.kad/
décade is spelled D-É-C-A-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décade is a French feminine noun meaning “period of ten days (such as the week in the French Republican Calendar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace de dix jours”.
What does décade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperiod of ten days (such as the week in the French Republican Calendar)
- 2
feminineproscribeddecade (period of ten years)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espace de dix jours. 2. Période de dix ans, décennie. 3. Facteur de 10 entre deux nombres. 4. Partie d’un ouvrage composée de dix livres, dans les ouvrages qui sont structurés de cette façon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of décade
- décades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décade?
- /de.kad/
- \de.kad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décade in French?
décade appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).